A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
After the game the King and pawn go into the same box.
And what is the greatest number? Number one.
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind.
Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.
Competition is the whetstone of talent.
Competitions are for horse, not artist.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed — there's so little competition.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it.
Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.
Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.
Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.
For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes — not that you won or lost — but how you played the Game.
Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.
He can run but he can't hide.
How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.